Developing an early warning network for everyone

MyShake is the citizen science project bringing users together to build a global earthquake early warning network. Our app keeps you informed about earthquakes and monitors for them using data from your phone’s sensors.

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1.6M

Over 1.6 million downloads

MyShake has users in more than 80 countries

1,100

More than 1,100 earthquakes recorded

Data flowing through the neural network into the phones

Our mission

Our goal is to build a worldwide earthquake early warning network so that communities can reduce the impact of earthquakes. Since MyShake uses smartphones as earthquake sensors, it can be used everywhere - even in countries without access to traditional seismic technology.

Machine learning meets seismology

MyShake collects motion data from your phone’s sensors and uses a patented neural network to determine whether that motion fits the model of an earthquake.

Learn more about the system in the research article and watch the video below to learn about neural networks.

The algorithms and methodologies utilized by MyShake have been peer reviewed and published in the scientific literature. You can read more about the system in the following articles:

Rochford, K., J. Strauss, Q. Kong, R.M. Allen (2018). MyShake: Using human-centered design methods to promote engagement in a smartphone-based global seismic network. Front. Earth Sci., doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00237
Kong, Q., A. Inbal, R.M. Allen, Q. Lv, A. Puder (2018). Machine Learning Aspects of the MyShake Global Smartphone Seismic Network. Seismo. Res. Lett. , doi: 10.1785/0220180309
Kong, Q., R. M. Allen, M.D. Kohler, T.H. Heaton and J. Bunn (2018), Structural health monitoring of buildings using smartphone sensors, Seismo. Res. Lett., 89, 594-602, doi: 10.1785/0220170111
Kong, Q., R. M. Allen, and L. Schreier (2017), MyShake: Building a global smartphone seismic network, Geostrata, 44-53, July/August 2017
Kong, Q,. R. M. Allen, L. Schreier, (2016), MyShake: Initial Observations from a Global Smartphone Seismic Network, Geophys. Res. Lett., 106, 9369-10, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070955
Kong, Q,. R. M. Allen, L. Schreier, Y.-W. Kwon (2016), MyShake: A smartphone seismic network for earthquake early warning and beyond, Sci. Adv., 2, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501055
Allen, R.M., Kong, Q. & Martin-Short, R. (2019), The MyShake Platform: A Global Vision for Earthquake Early Warning, Pure Appl. Geophys., doi: 10.1007/s00024-019-02337-7